Karolinska Institutet has a proud history of ground breaking discoveries that have improved the lives for people all over the world, with the pacemaker, the gamma knife and the Seldinger technique as inspirational examples. When we look back we see how KI:s curiosity-driven research has led to fundamental changes in how diseases are prevented, diagnosed, […]
Nu är Karolinska Institutets årsredovisning för 2017 fastställd och publicerad. Jag hoppas studenter, anställda och andra intresserade finner nöje i att läsa rapporten. Den ger en levande bild av allt som händer vid KI och innehåller värdefull och intressant läsning om året som gått. Här är det mycket vi alla kan vara stolta över. Några […]
Two weeks have passed since I took office as vice-chancellor of KI. Getting to know my new organization has been my top priority thus far, as it will continue to be in the weeks to come. I will keep my eyes open, I will listen, and I will ask questions. This is what a transition […]
Tuesday and Wednesday this week the head of our Grants Office, Björn Kull and myself, joined vice-chancellors, pro-vice-chancellors and heads of grants offices (or equivalent) from the 12 largest research universities in Sweden (or in other words what i usually known as Huvudmannarådet) to Brussels. We met with representatives from the Permanent Representation of Sweden […]
Alexander von Gabain has brought a global perspective and laid a solid foundation for KI’s innovation and commercial outreach Alexander von Gabain’s contract as deputy vice-chancellor for Innovation and Commercial Outreach is soon coming to an end and last week a very pleasant reception in our wonderful “Gammelgården”, gave us a chance to honor his […]
Days made up weeks that made up months that eventually added up to almost a year and a half but finally, on August 1st, 2017, I will hand over the ultimate operative responsibility for Karolinska Institutet to Ole Petter Ottersen, a highly experienced and recognized academic leader with a clearly expressed desire to join and […]
The latest government research policy has a clear focus on innovation and touches upon the role of university-associated holding companies. The government expresses its intention to review the focus of holding companies and to bring suggestions forward to the parliament. I believe that in general the innovation support is too fragmented and undercapitalized and we […]